The Untold History of Solo Oryx - Destiny

[@logannelson6073]

Never underestimate a destiny player's desire to not talk to other people

[@dredgengam4610]

Ye

[@danielsmith762]

I love destiny, and I love raiding. But for a couple months I haven't been able to raid because the though just irks me. Some of the other players, both what they say and how they behave prevents me. I would love to solo raids.

[@dredgengam4610]

@@danielsmith762 heh, I dig. It really depends on who you're with. If you're at the mercy of LFG, you might find a buncha elitists or people with trashy attitudes. I know, I've been there. Got people blaming me or using me as a scapegoat because they suck at mechanics and freaking out over my damage, or expecting me to pick up the slack of another's carelessness. whatever... Pretty cringe

[@sambauer4094]

i love how ever since crota theirs been a subset of the community that looks at the raid and tries to find a way to break it and do it solo

[@jeremiah5511]

Literally the embodiment of "FUCK IT. ILL DO IT MYSELF."

[@wv11989]

@Lil Mikey bruh who hurt you 😢

[@xuragentofthebedroom965]

@Lil Mikey that's most games, people like breaking video games

[@NexusKirin]

@@xuragentofthebedroom965 Yes, Indeed. I loved glitching Red Ball 1 and showing my friends the strat in school

[@xuragentofthebedroom965]

@@NexusKirin M64 for me

[@Akuma12366]

I remember watching CommanderCuesta at the time attempt this as he was someone who showed me and my buddy "Fusion" at the time how to do Kings Fall the most efficiently (and because our friend group at the time followed TLH and loved what they did) it's insane feeling nostalgic for this challenge and it makes me dummy happy to see this getting covered. I hope someone can do it again when it returns into D2.

[@howtoforidiots408]

Someone proved that D2 solo IS possible but damage is wayyy off

[@NovemberHotel]

its even crazier that this fight has been soloed on both a titan and hunter since then. Destiny players are absolutely nuts.

[@dredgengam4610]

I didn't solo him(yet)... But I did somehow manage 2 damage phases on him with those bombs. It's nutty and doesn't allow much room for error, that's for sure.

[@shotmasta]

The feeling beating oryx for first time and achieving touch of malice...pure nostalgia D2 really trouble finding full raid team.. Missing my d1 raid members and friends

[@TheYoutubeTick]

umm u cannot get touch of malice after defeating him first time u know , u had to do the whole raid again

[@shotmasta]

@@TheKZbinTick yeah I know...thanks for adding that btw...just was pointing out the feeling completing raid and completing ToM after was awesome feeling

[@TheFirstCurse1]

The King's Fall world's first was the best world's first. Their reactions make me tear up everytime. The amount of hype is unreal.

[@pierocolombo2643]

@Kai agreed, LW day 1 is a goated destiny moment forever

[@TheFirstCurse1]

@Kai The world's first team's reaction sucked with Last Wish. They didn't have the same level of hype and energy that Professor Broman's team did.

[@TheFirstCurse1]

@sanity You think that that would've made them even more hype. The reaction sucked compared to the King's Fall team. Professor Broman almost passed out from shouting after Oryx died.

[@raddpluto]

@sanity bro day 1 Oryx in D2 took me 15 hours, bro we were yelling wen we beat him again in D2

[@epicponedge1177]

Oryx's "bomb" attack only happens if you damage him and he's at half health or higher. The "Darksouls" attack happens if you either don't detonate the bombs or Oryx is under half health.

[@frosty5864]

With the king returning in less than 2 days this is the perfect time to make this

[@Daddydippo]

I really hope they keep the bomb mechanic in d2, it is the only raid boss (I believe) that isn’t damaged by weapons (except final stand)

[@SkeezyCeez]

Keep up the sick content! Can’t wait for the next Zombies one! 🤟🏼

[@evanf1997]

it's churning out slowly but surely

[@SkeezyCeez]

@@evanf1997 it’s well worth the wait 🙏🏼

[@pancakehammer]

Absolutely stellar video, thanks for the entertainment and enthusiasm you bring to these stories!

[@garrettviewegh677]

Oryx initially feels like your “dark lord” trope in any book or show. He’s cruel, imposing intimidating, merciless, all he desires is to kill and conquer; but he so much more than that. He sought revenge on those that killed his son, he led his people out amongst the starts and ruled a terrifying empire. He endured his rule could never be challenged, he believed in the sword logic and was unquestionably loyal to the Witness, even to the day he died. He created a legacy that, while it was destroyed by Savathun and the Guardians, still lives on in weapons like the Touch of Malice, the trauma he inflicted on others, and the Taken that, while he borrowed them from the Witness, they continue Oryx’s work. With the deaths they inflict on the system, as the Taken never stay dead, and never retreat. Oryx was truly a villain to fear, not due to his power alone, but how he’d irreversibly scarred the Sol system.

[@giovannidelarosa4543]

King’s fall is still even now my favorite Raid, can’t wait for it to come back (Especially with all those changes you outlined in your previous video)

[@rajanbirsidhu5650]

For me last wish will, and probably never be dethroned, even tho rhulk is my favorite boss, riven is still up there with the best of the best

[@phiwvey]

can't wait for Wrath dude

[@Khalil_44]

I love how oryx still gets his respect. We also ran outta primary ammo back then it was rough😭

[@FormerlyValk]

This is, of course, only part of the history of Solo Oryx. Because we’re still working on dissecting the encounter to this day. But this is a nice intro, for sure

[@Kellestial]

Can we get 390 oryx before d2 oryx?

[@christhiantrevisan8084]

It really blows my mind how your videos keeps getting better every single time Congrats evan

[@Vertikull]

I literally JUST soloed Oryx. Fun timing

[@thunk6681]

Raid bosses when you tell them its not a good idea to stick all the tools you need to kill them in one room 😱

[@niko__sito]

Many forget how much of a legendary gamer TFUE has been for so many years and in so many games. The kid is incredible and deserves insane respect.

[@sarus-x1422]

You should do solo Aksis history as well! This was really cool :) As someone who only soloed Aksis recently (about a couple months ago) I think that would be a really nice vid.

[@theimperiol3705]

Nah solo wrath

[@iixoticii8801]

@@theimperiol3705 I have 😈

[@dredgengam4610]

@@iixoticii8801 hmm... You got a vid about it? I'm curious how you did it.

[@iixoticii8801]

@@dredgengam4610 I don't have a video nah I was to young to know how to screen record but ditto made a video I learned it from

[@iixoticii8801]

@@dredgengam4610 him

[@ttamn92]

I'm super curious to see how they changed things in kings fall to account for the new abilities in D2... I also hope that it is possible to still solo...I never got everything down to solo Oryx but I really enjoyed soloing the whole crota raid back in the day lol I'm not near as good as most of the players who solo end game content but I always enjoyed the attempt of it lol

[@desuzx]

Impossible to solo in d2

[@CookieSnachers]

No self res that was the key

[@woutpauwels828]

@@CookieSnachers well apparently titans and hunters have done it aswell so you don't need selfres.

[@lunarxphoenix]

@@CookieSnachers can do it without self res, but it's the DPS part that they're stuck on rn. Can't do enough damage solo as of right now

[@MG7I]

9:17 that isnt how it works. It depends on his health at what attack he will do. If u do the 1 shot nuke strat he will only spawn the shade for the entire encouter till he dies (it goes like this 100% health-shade 75% health- bombs 50% health- shade 25% health- bombs). And because he doesnt take damage till the end (if ur doing the 16 bomb strat) he will only do the shade attack Great video non the less

[@cameron_jp1234]

This also isn’t quite how it works. Oryx will spawn a shade if he 1) regains favour of darkness (your team doesn’t detonate any bombs that round) or 2) if he is at 50% health of below. You can get 8 bombs of damage off, then detonate one bomb next round and he will still spawn shade. So 25% health will always equal a shade, whether you detonated 12 bombs to get there or 1.

[@MG7I]

@@cameron_jp1234 ah didnt know that cause my groups always did one shot or 4 at a time so thats why i thought that. Thanks for clearing it up. That makes sense though

[@sirsnackie]

Today is exactly one year ago I found your YT channel. Now I cannot wait for new content. Thank you!

[@AdS-1013]

I like how all the final bosses in d1 raids could be solod at a point in time

[@dredgengam4610]

They still can be you know...

[@AdS-1013]

@@dredgengam4610 atheon is still soloable?

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@@AdS-1013 any boss except warpriest and golg 100% can be soloed

[@savethaelephants1202]

I MISS THOSE GOD DAMN DAYS!!!! SO MUCH!!!

[@andrewmcpeters74]

Soloing the crota raid was my proudest moment even though you had to cheese to do the entire raid I do it many times and beat him everytime I had so much fun

[@emilioguerrero3964]

Doing solo oryx was one of the most difficult things I’ve done in my gaming history

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

Great work as always Evan!

[@merilynnshark6144]

I miss how activities used to be like this. Destiny 2 has too many gates to it and it's so difficult.

[@pyrobite8463]

You should cover Axsis Bakes’ worlds first solo flawless wrath of the machine

[@reborn267]

that knight ship kill me so many in D1 love doing king falls raid cause that was pretty much my first time playing D1

[@dmolesky1996]

Hey man, just wanted to say I look forward to your videos very much. Thanks for being awesome!

[@zanthemeximan]

great video as always bro! Paul Tassi should learn from you in how to make a good video about destiny. Can't wait for the rest of the zombies videos.

[@p5gBand]

I love these stories. I'm not one to solo any raid or dungeons. Just not my idea of fun but I admire the folks who do (or at least try).

[@dredgengam4610]

It's really it's own reward. It's Something about conquering something bigger than yourself.

[@maxredone152]

5:46 “Taken light” Toland the Shattered be like 😢

[@Oversalt]

Fantasic video as always Evan!

[@SonYugioh]

Esoterickk is back at his humble beginning Started from solo Oryx and is back to solo oryx

[@Snowshill]

would love to see a "solo mode" added to all raids that make a very minour chnage to alow for soloing, I am sure it could be done in a way that preserves the integrety of the fights and doesnt make them easier. They could be as small as a way to store a buff on an enemy that only spawns when in solo or special armor mods or modifiers that you have to give up your super, or class, melee, grenade abilities permanently to cary two buffs etc. could even make encounters solo harder that way to make up for bypassing mechanics that normaly need multiple people.

[@No_Feelings]

Bungie will never do that, they've been very vocal in the past that while soloing a raid is a a massive achievement raids at their core are made for 6 people. The most we'll ever get is contest.

[@Soullessknight1999]

I feel like this would defeat the purpose though. People love to see people solo raids because raids are not supposed to be soloed; the player is pretty much doing the work of six. If you make a mode where soloing becomes less difficult / tedious than the default, then it’ll immediately be shot down by the community

[@targitausrithux2320]

@@Soullessknight1999 lol no. Do you know how many people want to have something like raids but for players without a raid team? Like a majority of players… bit odd you would think it wouldn’t be a welcome feature at all

[@Soullessknight1999]

@@targitausrithux2320 I think that's more players wanting some sort of matchmaking system inside the game instead of going to lfg or the Bungie app every time they want a team. I definitely get the appeal of raids but for solos, and I think that would be a great addition in the context of giving solo players an option of playing through a raid without a team. But I think I misinterpreted what OP said; I thought that they meant using a solo mode as a replacement for doing the normal raid solo, not giving solo players better access to end game activities, which I definitely agree with.

[@yahoo526]

@@Soullessknight1999 the player never really does the work of six, technically that’s impossible. They will have to use some sort of bypass/cheese for the multiplayer mechanics to actually complete them. For example, one person can’t be in 2 places at once without using some kind of cheese to bypass that mechanics

[@parsifalkitty5109]

I actually saw this solo boss kill when it was somewhat new. I was astounded but not as much as Solo Aksis on a Titan. That was insane when I first saw that video.

[@alan-daniel]

Love the vid, and I get why it was missed (since no one did it any way other than 16-bomb strat), but the bombs phase post-chest stun only happened if you detonated bombs AND he was still over half health. Otherwise it was the Shade fight, on both normal and hard modes

[@DeltaDesigns]

6:10 oh boy...here we go with this...

[@Vaunzyy]

I love the sleeper. Been my favorite exotic since it’s release in d1. In d2 I have a little over 5000 kills with it. Quite a bit for a linear.

[@drakusmero104]

This video reminded me that Boolean Gemini existed. I fkin loved that scout

[@GoatedAtNFS]

and nowadays, Bungie are making sure it’s impossible to solo any raid because of this. we were pretty much saying the game is “too easy”

[@aaronlaughter6471]

Kings fall was my first destiny raid ever, (I tried to get into raids before, but didn't have Gjallarhorn.... I'm still salty) and I truly hope the 5 other guys who carried my squeaker ass are doing well.

[@jakeo9798]

It would be really cool if Destiny reached out to whoever completed world firsts for raids, and asked them what they wanted their in game guardian names to be (i.e. Zavala, Cayde-6, Ikora, Lord Shaxx, etc.). This way they could use it in future dialog. Like if our ghost or an npc talked about how back when ________ killed Oryx. It would be a cool nod to those players, and give extra incentive to become the world's first. You would become part of the Canon lore.

[@mentality_team2638]

just discover that first solo release came at my anniversary date

[@spv4711]

Killing oryx with the touch of malice solo is the ultimate form of the sword logic

[@wrenzi]

the no self rez runs are really cool as well

[@rainygamedays5873]

You're killing it today dude, let's go GUARDIANS

[@beguiledmage0473]

This is my first time participating in a raid race! Can’t wait!

[@DaMaGinGWaRLorD]

At 3:10 it must’ve been a challenge to come up with that challange

[@samaron8970]

"The destiny community came TOGETHER to bear Oryx SOLO" 😂

[@HeatingFox]

Destiny one I solo’d king’s fall as a hunter with mainly a vestían dynasty I want to try in destiny2 tbh I solo’d all of destiny one because there was no one to play with

[@ryanu2352]

fantastic video as always.

[@evanf1997]

Thank you

[@Jin_923]

I remember world's first solo Aksis as well. Can't remember who it was exactly but he used scorch cannons for DPS

[@MysticCasey]

Slayerage solo'd Crota which inspired so many challenges. But the biggest thing I believe it did was create the solo flawless dungeon we have now. Especially when you remember Bungie stating Crota would be a dungeon in D2.

[@illithid6340]

watching people solo raids is like watching Kratos kill gods. its just really cool.

[@randomgamer4458]

Do all the solo raids please

[@385thstu]

Beat Oryx on my 17th birthday(Sept 6th 2015) had a repeat on my 24th with the exact fireteam and the same(sorta didn’t have a longbow synthesis this year used a frozen orbit with the same Color palet to make up for it and my entire team died again with minuscule health) the memories and friends I made this game is something I’ll hold dear for life 💯 try anks Bungie for this game and this video to unlocc this memory

[@Shigarakhi]

We need that solo aksis video

[@Kahlafia]

People like the legend himself are what make gaming have such greatness to it. Because even amongst the best. There are still those hidden gem players who prove themselves to be legends in gaming history

[@mickeyfinn3333]

Great Vids Evan! THX

[@psycoNaughtplaysMCPC]

People soloing raid encounters is the reason Dungeon Solo triumphs exist to this day. It’s simply a matter of tradition nowadays

[@refraynn]

Evanf puts out some good videos. It would be a shame if the editors accepted a $120 deal and were pushed into rushing videos.

[@CubeItself]

i find text edits and transitions interesting and neat, despite being unusual prob bc of different editor

[@KalvinKoolAidKool]

Hopefully Calus gets this treatment as well in lightfall as the campaign boss and raid boss

[@ClassyAssassin0]

It always amazes me how frequently i see a d1 raid clip and theyre using primarys for dps

[@rainingdeathx3368]

"How could they possibly solo this and do all of these things at the same time?" *"sunsinger self ressurects"*

[@dredgengam4610]

*NOTHING PERSONAL ORYX...*

[@Vaunzyy]

I love Ehroar.

[@RocketPower95]

Elden Ring: Let Me Solo Her! Destiny Crota: Let Me Solo Him Destiny 1/Oryx: LET ME SOLO THEM!

[@kidstolemyname5895]

I saw Boolean Gemini and almost shed a tear

[@Crusader-iq7xy]

My man rolled up "If I can do it to your son..."

[@marceletta]

god i remember doing this, has it really been 5 years?

[@DragonShinobi]

I think Oryx is my favorite villain of the destiny universe because he still feels like a true threat to everything, and imo we still don't have a bbeg who is even close to being as intimidating or as destructive. The Witness, sure he has some flying doritos that took a couple planets but those aren't even technically gone if I remember my lore right. He may have " caused the collapse " but he couldn't even kill a giant sphere that does nothing essentially, and I guarantee it will still do nothing by the end of " The Final Shape ". Oryx basically said, " You killed my son, so how about a real challenge and TRY to even get on my ship let alone kill me. " and the only reason why we even made it onto his ship is because of Cayde having a barely working stealth drive, which even that almost didn't work since we got lucky and ghost managed to get us onto the ship right before the Dreadnought's cannon obliterated Eris's ship we borrowed.

[@sharkbaitjr_9923]

I hope for a vid on solo Aldi’s in the future, I think it is slightly more difficult than oryx and much less appreciated

[@spartinib117]

he has earned the name kingslayer

[@zilwastaken]

Solo Oryx before Solo Crota Yeah I ain’t forget (dope vid tho)

[@hoodbike84]

Suggestion: Do a video about sparrow racing like the game mode in Destiny 1

[@evanf1997]

did that one, look back in my videos :)

[@phiwvey]

will you ever do a vid on solo Aksis?

[@kilm6183]

Bruh 4 videos in a week nuts not even a little drop in quality aswell.

[@It0chi]

didnt know tofu did stuff like this

[@vopogon3248]

“Challange”? 3:09 lol

[@Dexturrrrr]

I miss heavy ammo synths so much

[@phantombig1]

Love your vids keep it up

[@gruntythegreat3335]

No raid will ever hit like King's Fall did. The main reason being that the casuals complained after Taken King that they "Didn't get to beat the big baddy". Ghaul should have been a raid boss, Savathun, etc. The new raids don't hit the same because there's no build up, it's always just some guy. Watch, the witness is gonna be reduced to a campaign boss.

[@leonkool123]

Lacking of endgame content is a double-edge sword. On one hand it makes the game boring as hell and ppl start to leave. But on the other it encourages players to do stuff like this. I can’t remember how many nights I spent figuring out a way to 2-man Crota with my friend when it first came out until we found the group we are still playing with nowadays. Sure D1 year one didn’t offer much compared to the Destiny in current state, but it was so fun.

[@AvroNotArvo]

3:11 challenge spelt challange incase you wanted to fix typo

[@someonestolebigboi-imbigboi]

just realised i was never given the opportunity to finish the taken king

[@bug6971]

summoning salt of destiny

[@benn4ier]

Sehr geiles Video

[@fancyer]

This was fun but frustrating to do

[@cameron_jp1234]

Damn solo looks hard as shit

[@TDashRDash]

Ok buddy

[@Kellestial]

Pepelaugh

[@Neko_Nugget]

It’s crazy how so many ppl r using sonic unleashed soundtracks

[@julianmorris7954]

Can this raid be done completely solo

[@jt2593]

Have you seen the oryx solo on a hunter?

[@Mr-Moron]

Seeing the Light Eater Ogres leaving their spawn pool area just feels wrong. I've always killed them before they could even move so seeing them not only moving, but all the way across the map is just wrong.

[@dredgengam4610]

Haha... I know what you mean, it's crazy how things change when you aren't in a full fireteam

[@Eli_2_Fly]

You misspelled challenge

[@WhiteOrb]

Yeah!

[@chraliras]

How did you misspell challenge